The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 1932
First Quarter
48.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.1%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 123
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 92.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.07° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.70° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.